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Secretary of War Hegseth with employees at Divergent

As an ’86 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy who studied aeronautical engineering, part of aerospace industry lore I learned is of the legendary ‘Skunkworks’ at Lockheed in the mid-twentieth century.
The Skunk Works is the official alias for Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs (ADP), a highly secretive aerospace engineering division renowned for rapidly developing cutting-edge aircraft and technologies under tight deadlines and minimal bureaucracy.

One of the Army’s main missile defense bases is dealing with a “critical disruption” to its food services operations, “jeopardizing the readiness” of soldiers.
Fort Greely, where hundreds of soldiers are stationed in Alaska, has been dealing with civilian staffing shortages at its dining facility since at least October, according to a contract solicitation by the Army. The notice, posted on the SAM.gov website where the government takes bids for the military, describes a shortage of cooks and support staff.

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In 36 BCE, Chinese troops from the ruling Han Dynasty launched a preemptive strike against a group of Xiongnu, a nomadic tribe from Central Asia, at a fortress in what is now Kazakhstan. Zhizhi, their leader, had 13,000 troops holed up in a fortress which was much further West than Chinese armies had ever marched before.
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During the battle, the Chinese noted that their enemy employed a strange but distinctive formation.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is remembered as the president who guided America through the Great Depression and World War II. Yet behind the scenes, he faced a deeply personal struggle after polio left him paralyzed from the waist down in 1921.
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Determined not to let disability define him, he fought for independence in ways the public rarely saw. One of the most meaningful expressions of that independence was his love for driving. His cars were more than vehicles.

For years, the Army leaned heavily on bonuses to keep the force staffed. Those who served during the 2022–2023 recruiting crisis probably remember the wave of incentives, record enlistment bonuses, quick-ship payouts, and the urgent push to fill training seats.
But as the Army moves deeper into 2025, the service has quietly shifted direction. Instead of leading with money, it’s leading with options: career flexibility. Assignment preference. Paths that let soldiers shape not just how long they serve, but what their service actually looks like.

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Following the initiation of Operation Absolute Resolve against Venezuela on January 3, which U.S. forces strike key military and infrastructure targets across Caracas and abduct President Nicolas Maduro, Washington has explicitly warned of the possibility of launching similar attacks against Colombia. President Donald Trump publicly stated that after the attack on Venezuela, a similar “operation” against Colombia “sounds good to me.” Accusing Colombian President Gustavo Petro of cocaine trafficking, and describing Colombia as “very sick,” he said the U.S.